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Car crashes into Tunbridge Wells Garden Centre, Eridge Road
12:23, 11 September 2022
updated: 12:07, 12 September 2022
A garden centre has been forced to close after a car crashed into the building.
It is understood a vehicle left Eridge Road and careered into Tunbridge Wells Garden Centre in the early hours of this morning.
Pictures show significant damage to the building and a car on its roof.
Fencing outside the centre has also been destroyed.
Witnesses say the collision happened at around 2.10am and reports from the scene suggested three people were in the vehicle.
Police were called to the incident and a spokesman said a man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving.
They added: "Kent Police was called at 2.15am on Sunday, September 11 to a report that a car had left the carriageway and collided with a building at a business in Eridge Road, Tunbridge Wells.
"Officers attended the scene and a man was arrested on suspicion of drink driving.
!He was taken to a local hospital for medical attention and was later released pending further investigation."
The garden centre confirmed they were closed to the public and may release more details later.
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